In message , ANDREW ROBERT BREEN
writes
I dare say the thing could have a role as a coast-defence weapon in
something like the Fjords - a sort of successor to heavy shore-based
torpedo tubes.

It's bloody good for its designed role, which is very rapid transport of
a bucket of instant sunshine to the general vicinity of a just-launched
enemy torpedo (and the submarine that launched it).

Like a lot of Russian kit, it does what it was designed to... the
trouble comes when you try making it do other roles.

Conventional warheads limit it to a longer-ranged (because of higher
speed) version of the old straight-runners, meaning "be close with a
really good fire control system" - if the enemy's a threat, you do _not_
want to be that close, if the enemy's supine you don't need Shkval.
Shore defence on the Norwegian model is an example where it could be
handy.

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When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
W S Churchill

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